In This Issue - March 2020

Feb 28, 2020 06:00AM ● By Erica Mills

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The March Issue features: Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet; Meatless Makeover;Combining Gluten-Free and Plant-Based Diets; Healthy Mitochondria, Healthy Brain; CBD Massage May Help Chronic Pain; HEMP: Meet the Hardest Working Plant on the Planet; Natural Remedies for Kids and much more...

Healthier Logic 101: Maintaining a Healthier Lifestyle

Healthier Logic will present a special day of four experts including two physicians—revealing how food affects disease in our body, how to reverse it and how to easily maintain a healthy lifestyle without following a fad diet. Read More »

Balance Water Consumption for Cognitive Health

Drinking either not enough or too much water can decrease cognitive performance in older women, Penn State University researchers have reported. Read More »

Catch Some Rays to Boost Gut Health

Evidence is emerging of a skin-gut axis that links UVB exposure to the microbiome, a finding that has implications for those suffering from autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Read More »

CBD’s New Frontier: Help for Mental Health

CBD is known to help alleviate physical pain, but newer research shows its promising effectiveness as a remedy for mental health-related issues, including anxiety, depression and stress. Read More »

Cold-Busters: Natural Remedies for Kids

Natural approaches and effective holistic home remedies for relieving cold and flu symptoms in children. Read More »

Cut Back on Sugar and Carbs to Improve Sleep

Researchers find women who consume a diet high in refined carbohydrates—particularly added sugars and processed grains—are more likely to develop insomnia. Read More »

Eating Greener: Tips for Plant-Based Living

What to consider in buying, preparing, re-using and discarding plant-based food for green eating diets. Read More »

Green Flying: First Commercial E-Plane Makes History

Canada-based Harbour Air has launched the first successful test flight of an all-electric aircraft. Read More »

Hemp Gets Hot: Meet the Hardest Working Plant on the Planet

Environmentally friendly industrial hemp has created high hopes among farmers, agricultural researchers, manufacturers and consumers. Read More »

Instant Home: 3D-Printed Buildings on the Rise

3D-printing techniques are being used for building houses with the benefits of lower costs, less waste and reduced construction time. Read More »

Kibble Quandary: A Fresh Look at Pet Food

Healthier alternatives than commercial, processed foods for dogs and cats including feeding home-cooked meals, biologically appropriate raw food (BARF) and vegan or vegetarian diets. Read More »

Living In Synchronicity: The Power of Meaningful Coincidence

Synchronicities link us to an underlying order in the universe that is profoundly reassuring. Here are ways to encourage these moments to show up within our lives. Read More »

Meatless Makeover: A Plant-Based Spin on Classic Dishes

How to turn classic meat recipes into healthy, plant-based versions without losing any taste or texture including vegan popcorn chicken, walnut tacos and mushroom, sage and onion Wellington. Read More »

Practice Yoga to Help the Brain

Research shows that practicing gentle hatha yoga can strengthen the brain and help grow new neurons, similar to the effects aerobic exercise can have on the brain. Read More »

Ronnie Cummins on Growing a Movement

Human rights activist, journalist, author and co-founder of the Organic Consumers Association Ronnie Cummins on regenerative farming, organic food, climate change and the Green New Deal. Read More »

Soothing Scents: Smells of Nature Lower Physiological Stress

Researchers find that natural scents can help to reduce stress. Read More »

Sunscreen Sanction: Palau Bans Chemicals to Save Reefs

Palau is the first country in the world to ban ecologically harmful sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate. Read More »

Take Folic Acid to Reduce Stroke Risk

Researchers found that patients with cardiovascular disease who supplemented with folic acid (vitamin B9) reduced their risk of stroke by 15 percent. Read More »

The Roots of Good Health: Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet

Discover the many benefits of adapting a plant-based diet lifestyle and how to best get started with the right flavorful foods. Read More »

Try Vitamins and Garlic to Lower Gastric Cancer Risk

Chinese researchers discover that antibiotics and vitamin/mineral supplements, specifically supplemental garlic, protects against gastric cancer. Read More »

Vegan Fitness: A Healthy Choice for Body and Planet

A balanced vegan diet can provide everything an active body needs for muscle mass, stamina and recovery while lowering the risk of heart disease. Read More »

Viva Agave: Tequila Waste Turned into Bio-Straws

Tequila maker Jose Cuervo has initiated an eco-friendly process of salvaging the leftover agave fibers from its distilling process and upcycling them into biodegradable drinking straws. Read More »

Waste-to-Energy ‘Matterhorn’: Sustainable Power With a Recreational Bonus

Copenhagen has dramatically refashioned the look and function of a power station with Copenhill, a waste-to-power plant that powers homes and includes a ski slope, a climbing wall and more. Read More »

What’s Really in the Bottle: The Importance of CBD Lab Reports and How to Read Them

According to a 2019 survey by Consumer Reports, more than a quarter of the U.S. population has tried CBD and one out of seven of those people say they use it daily. Read More »

Nature Basics: CBD Weights & Measurements 101

Most of the world uses the metric system to compare weights, measurements and the capacity of objects and substances. Read More »

Broad Spectrum, Full Spectrum and Isolates—Oh My!

CBD. Everyone is talking about it and a lot of people are taking it. Read More »

It’s Easy Being Green

There are 6.3 million Irish living in Ireland. There are over six times that number living here in the U.S., with the latest numbers showing just under 40 million people. Read More »

CBD Massage May Help Chronic Pain

There is a growing awareness of the benefits of CBD (cannabidiol), a naturally occurring non-psychoactive compound in cannabis plants. Read More »

Jami Lula Performs at Unity Spiritual Center of Peace

Center for Spiritual Living (CSL) Tucson and Unity Spiritual Center of Peace will host Jami Lula for a performance at 2 p.m. on March 22, at Unity Spiritual Center of Peace. Read More »

Healthy Mitochondria, Healthy Brain

In 2007, Dr. Terry Wahls reversed her symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) by incorporating diet and lifestyle changes. Read More »

Combining Gluten-Free and Plant-Based Diets

Anyone who has celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity knows that it can be difficult to choose appropriate foods to remain symptom free, while at the same time consuming a healthy and nutritious variety of meals. Read More »

Reflexology is All in the Touch

Reflexology offers more than a foot massage. It’s not limited to just relieving painful feet but goes much further and deeper into our long held tension patterns. Read More »

Fighting Off the Flu Naturally

Due to the increasing concerns surrounding the flu and coronavirus, here are some helpful, healthy precautions to take both at home and when outside the home. Read More »

Fibroblast Therapy Turns Back Skin's Clock

Fibroblast therapy, a non-laser, non-surgical approach to skin tightening and skin re-surfacing, is the newest way to tighten skin anywhere on the face or body. Read More »

Natural Healing Care Center Grows to Offer More

Since 2012, Natural Healing Care Center (NHCC) has been providing Tucson with access to countless resources for natural health care, preventive health care and education. Read More »

Past Life Regressions using Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique

Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) leads to quantum understanding of ourselves and guides us into more self-love. Read More »

EDGE Integrative Wellness Offers Tissue Regeneration Therapy

EDGE Integrative Wellness, of Tucson, embraces a hybrid approach to wellness, utilizing services such as genetic testing to optimize the body for weight, nutrient intake, life extension and more. Read More »

Energetic, Emotional and Physical Well-Being for People and Animals

Reiki Master Teacher Judy Ferrig utilizes her training in reiki and many other energy modalities to enhance her results with clients. Read More »

Local Realtor Specializes in Green Living Spaces

As a National Association of Realtors GREEN designee, Randy Maier, Realtor hopes to find homes for individuals in the Tucson area with green home features, or with the foundation in place to incorporate these features. Read More »

Exciting Transition for Gentle Loving Medical Care

Gentle Loving Medical Care, the practice of Dr. Brian Cabin, is pleased to announce the completion of their move to a fabulous space for healing, just two blocks south of the office they’ve occupied for over 20 years. Read More »

GE Computing Announces Total Computer Health Product

GE Computing & Internet Services has been providing the Cleanup-Speedup-Update Service for some time. Read More »

March 2020 Letter From Publisher

A growing number of Americans are moving away from meat and more toward plant-based foods, a development that comes with the promise of glowing health and expanding culinary horizons. Read More »

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